The UMBC Baseball team looks to keep its winning streak going with a three game America East series at Bryant. The series begins on Friday at 3 p.m., and concludes with a double-header at noon on Saturday (two nine-inning contests).

Probable Starters:

Game 1: RHP Luke Johnson (1-3, 4.15 ERA) v RHP Austin Wainer (0-1, 4.91 ERA) 
Game 2: LHP Jayden Shertel (1-3, 2.60 ERA) v RHP Luke Delongchamp (1-1, 4.09 ERA)
Game 3: RHP Sam Downs (2-0, 2.96 ERA) v RHP Tyler Horvat (1-2, 4.91 ERA) 

After a 5-0 week, the UMBC Baseball team swept the America East weekly awards, the Conference announced on Tuesday morning. 

Danny Wyatt was named both the Player and Rookie of the Week, while Luke Johnson earned the Pitcher of the Week nod.

Wyatt slashed .529/1.059/1.615 in four games, going 9-for-17 with two homers, 10 RBI, eight runs scored and three doubles. The freshman catcher was also 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts, while throwing out the only runner who attempted to steal a base on him. 

Johnson was masterful in a complete-game shutout of America East preseason favorite Binghamton. The senior struck out nine, walked one and allowed just two hits. He also retired the final 14 Bearcats to close out the 2-0 win. 

On Tuesday, UMBC rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat visiting Coppin State, 21-8, on Tuesday to extend its winning streak to eight games.

The Retrievers found themselves down 6-2 in the third, and then 7-4 in the fourth, but rattled off 17 straight runs to pull away.

Chris Ho picked up the win in relief for UMBC (10-11, 3-0 AE), while Dawson Baracani, Matt Ryan, Anthony Swenda and Wyatt all drove in three runs in the win.

Justin Taylor scored four runs and made five plate appearances, but did not record a single at bat as he walked three times and was hit by a pitch twice.

The 21 runs were the most UMBC scored in a game since a 20-8 win against Delaware State on 3/6/21.

Scouting Bryant:

• Bryant enters the weekend 12-10 overall following a midweek victory over Merrimack. The Bulldogs are 2-1 in America East play thanks to a series victory over Maine last weekend.
• With Tuesday's come-from-behind win at Merrimack, Bryant has now won six games when trailing in the seventh inning or later this season.
• The Black and Gold are hitting .239 as a team and own a 5.84 team ERA. Bryant ranks 2nd to last in the league in average but are 2nd in ERA. 
• Carmine Petosa and Gavin Noriega will take long on-base streaks into the weekend as both have reached in all 22 games.
• Noriega hit his team-leading eighth homer on Tuesday and ranks in the top five in the America East in average (5th, .329), slugging (1st, .696), OBP (2nd, .476), OPS (1st, 1.172), runs (3rd, 21), hits (4th, 26), RBI (2nd, 22) and home runs (T-1st, 8).
• Brandyn Durand has hit safely in each of his last seven games and is hitting .385 (10-26) with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBI over his last eight. On Tuesday, Durand hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth.